I want to share one of the most inspiring moments from this year’s Walk 21 conference. This morning there was a presentation given by a former professor who is now a university student. He and his fellow researchers are all in their 60s, and their submission won a contest for a downtown revitalization project. It involves subsidizing seniors… [Read more…]
October 4, 2011
Transforming the Automobile City: Walking Steps Up! I was honoured to be accepted to participate in this year’s Walk 21 conference as part of the Pecha Kucha presentations. Below you will find both the slides and the accompanying text that I presented today. These last two days have been very fulfilling. I’ve seen old classmates… [Read more…]
June 16, 2011
I’m very excited to be collaborating with two fantastic organizations! HASTE (Hub for Action on School Transportation Emissions) and Sustainable Cities International. The work I’m doing in coordination with HASTE involves about 60 grade 5 students in New Westminster – read about the project here. And Sustainable Cities has invited me to give a memory mapping… [Read more…]
May 10, 2011
I got some very exciting news this morning. My proposal was accepted for the Pecha Kucha session at Walk 21 Vancouver this fall! Walk 21 is an international conference on Walkable and Liveable Communities. This will be the second one I participate in. The first was in Toronto in 2007, where I displayed a poster… [Read more…]
October 5, 2011
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